ثمن الثقة: الجراح الجزار والفضيحة التي أحرجت الطب البريطاني

Deborah Douglas was one of the women who suffered harshly because of Ian Patterson, a breast surgeon who was imprisoned in 2017 after being convicted of performing disfiguring and unnecessary operations on a number of patients. In her bold and frank book published by Madlark Publishing, “The Cost of Trust: The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal that Shamed British Medicine” Shamed British Medicine, co-authored with Tracy King, Douglas addresses the over-diagnosis of her cancer and the subsequent unexplained resection. The book is not limited to personal experience, but expands on dismantling the long battle to bring Patterson to justice, revealing the failures of the British National Health Service, from bullying and a culture of fear of reporting to weak oversight and prioritizing reducing waiting lists rather than the safety of women, which are factors that paved the way, according to what the book documents, to cover up Patterson’s crimes. It is a very important testimony told in a wonderful way.